It Was Britain's Most Expensive House. Why Is Its Only Resident a Homeless Man Who Lives on the Porch?

“The sense that criminal money, tax evading money, money from politically exposed persons is wrapped up in the story of the city’s effort to provide a wonderful kind of party central for the world’s rich is an important one.”

London built a street of the most expensive homes on earth, and the only person living on one is a homeless man sleeping on the porch. The mansions sit empty because they are not houses. They are vaults for money that needs somewhere quiet to hide. Tax-evaded, laundered, parked. The guy on the steps is the only honest use anyone has found for the place.